Synthaholics: A Sci Fi Podcast

Episode 386: Ménage à Troi   Friend of the show Tanya Zerr makes her yearly appearance to join David this week to discuss the TNG season three episode Ménage à Troi. It's been a while since we've discussed Star Trek: The Next Generation on the show and I do believe this isn't an episode we ever really discussed before. This episode unfortunately does not depict a Ménage à Trois much to our great s...

Episode 383: Dumpster Dive Tank Girl    Guess what time it is? It's Dumpster Dive time. We are jumping from the  80's and Legend to the 90's to talk Tank Girl. This is a comic book movie we are surprised hasn't been remade with all the comic movies that have come out in the last 25 years. But join us for a fever dream that is Tank Girl. It has some interesting parallels or inspiration from DUNE. T...

Episode 382: First Impressions: 3 Shows, 3 Very Different Vibes    As part of our new line up on how we present the show this week is our new show first impressions where we take three shows, watch the first few episodes then discuss how we feel about them so far and if we think we'll continue on with them or not. For our very first, First Impressions we watched Shogun, Silo, and Dead Boy Detectiv...

Episode 381: Showdown War of the Worlds 1953 VS 2025   This week it's a movie showdown! We put the 1953 War of the Worlds VS the 2025 War of the Worlds. Which will win the classic film or the modern direct to streaming Ice Cube led film? After Legend and Mission Impossible we decided to spare you from another Tom Cruise film so we skipped the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds. Maybe the real War of the...

Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985   We have a new intro and now we are working on a newish format. We are bringing back the dumpster dive as well as a few other types of shows to add some organization to the chaos that is Synthaholics. This week's dumpster dive we are tackling the 1985 "film" Legend starring Mission Impossible's Tom Cruise and directed by Ridley Scott. Legend was Ridley Scott...

Episode 378: Mission Impossible   Let's take a journey back to the days of yore when movies were shot on film and when Hollywood was doing one of its earlier runs of let's remake old tv shows into movies. The year is 1996 the movie Mission: Impossible. This movie would go on to spawn 7 sequels and the crazy thing is, most of the films have been solidly entertaining. We will probably end up doing M...

Episode 377: Star Trek First Contact   We are back after an unexpected impromptu summer break. It's been a while since we've touched on Star Trek and since 90% of Brian's Star Trek knowledge comes from lower decks I thought it would be good to have him watch Star Trek First Contact since the film was heavily referenced in one of the episodes of Lower Decks. This strategy seems to have worked so ot...

Episode 376: Wheel of Time season 3 part 2   With the third season of the Wheel of Time rolling to a close we are able to bring you the second half of our review for the latest season of The Wheel of Time. Season three is a massive improvement upon season one and season two and if seasons one and two were as strong as this season I think we would have known by now if season 4 is green lit. As of t...

Episode 375: Invincible Season 3   Invincible is already back for a third season. Are you as surprised as we are? Not that it's a bad thing that we have a new season, it just feels like it wasn't nearly as long a wait as it was for season 2. We haven't read the comic if you have, please let us know how the show holds up compared to the comic. Have there been big cuts? We really enjoyed season 3. I...

Episode 374: Wheel of Time Season 3 Part 1   The show loosely based on David's favorite fantasy series The Wheel of Time is back for its third season. This week we will be covering the first half of season three, and this season does not disappoint. Season three feels almost like a brand new show the VFX game has leveled up and while not 100 percent book accurate the show is making strides to more...

Who's ready for more Arcane? Synthaholics are back to discuss Arcane season 2 the final season of Arcane but probably not the last Riot/League of Legends show or movie. Was it a step up from season one? Or was it more of the same? Are you a fan of Arcane? Let us know what you think in the comments! If there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss you can leave a comment or email us at Synthaho...

Episode 372: Dune Prophecy   What happens when you take a blockbuster movie and make an HBO Max series set 1200 years before said movie? You get Dune Prophecy, a show seemingly for no one. If you saw the Denis Villeneuve movies and decides to check out the show you were probably lost much like Brian was this week. David having read some of the books was a bit less lost. Did anyone watch this show?...

Episode 371: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 5   This week we get back to our Star Trek roots to discuss the final season of Lower Decks! Star Trek has been in a dark ages under the cruel yoke of Alex Kurtzman but Lower Decks has been the one bright jewel of the new trek shows that actually feels like Star Trek. It is a bitter sweet episode of Synthaholics as one of our favorite newer shows has come...

Episode 370: Starship Troopers   The holidays are over but our discussion on Paul Verhoeven is not! This week we got into his big budget sci-fi film Starship Troopers. It is pretty incredible the last few podcasts have been on movies directed by the same man and they are all vastly different and strange in their own way. Going into this David was surprised to find what film of these three is the m...

Episode 369: Showgirls   It's that time of year again, the winter holidays like Christmas! In honor of the holiday and the number 369 we decided to get you the gift that unwraps itself Showgirls! We have long time listener and former guest Tawnya joining David this week as Brian is nowhere to be found for some reason? This movie was way better than I remember it being though it was quite strange a...

Episode 368: RoboCop   Let's take a ride back to 1987 with the original Paul Verhoeven film RoboCop! A classic film that David had never seen all the way through until this week. Yes shame on him but better late than never right?  While not a deep film this is a great blast from the past. If Paul Verhoeven wanted to make a deep film he would have made a movie about a showgirl,  or maybe RoboDetect...

Episode 367: Gladiator   It is time to take a break from season two's of television. This week we go back in time to the year 2000 to discuss the Ridley Scott classic Gladiator starring Russel Crowe and Joaquin Pheonix. It was definitely wonderful to take a look back at such a classic early 2000's film. It really feels like they don't make movies like this anymore. This movie is old hat for David...

Episode 366: Wheel of Time Season 2   It's the season of season two's sorry we are a little late to the party on the Wheel of Time Season 2 but it works well with all the other fantasy shows that have been happening lately. This season of Wheel of Time combines parts of book 2 and book 3 into a single season. Is this season more successful than the first? We have to say yes. Is it a great adaptati...

Episode 365: Rings of Power Season 2   This week the Synthaholics sit down to discuss yet another second season of a tv show. This time it's season two of the most expensive show ever made, Rings of Power! If you remember our review of Rings of Power season 1 we are not kind to the show. Did Rings of Power Season 2 do anything to redeem itself or has it continued its dive into the never ending aby...

Episode 364: House of the Dragon Season 2   Another episode, another season two to discuss, this time it's the Game of Thrones spin off show House of the Dragon. Does season two live up to the heights of its debut season or do we have a The Boys season 3 situation? Brian has probably the most confusing takes on a rating he's ever had on  the show! Join us as not only do we talk about this season o...

Episode 363: Invincible Season 2   Summer "vacation" is over and Synthaholics is back to discuss the second season of Invincible. Two Amazon Prime superhero podcasts back to back? Are the Synthaholics turning back into superhero nuts? How did this season stack up was it a solid season or did it slump? Tune in to hear our thoughts and let us know what you think in the comments!   To see the podcast...

Episode 362: The Boys Season 4   We are back for another season of The Boys Amazon Prime's irreverent super hero show. Last season was, we hope, the lowest point for the show because if you didn't hear that podcast discussing season 3 we were both calling for the show to just be over. Our overall take is that season 4 is a solid step in the right direction and hopefully setting up a fantastic fina...

Episode 361: Furiosa A Mad Max Saga   Her name has been spoken on many a recent podcast, but we have delayed and delayed but NO MORE! We have finally WITNESSED Furiosa and we are here to tell you what we thought of the latest entry into the Mad Max universe. I hope we have it in us to make it Epic. What did everyone else think of Furiosa did you see it or was it a hard pass? Did you like Fury Road...

Episode 360: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home   Do your eyes deceive you? Star Trek topics two episodes in a row. How could this be? As we saw two weeks ago Brian loved Lower Decks season 4 and it just so happens the poster for Lower Decks season 4 paid homage to the Star Trek IV poster. So we thought Brian should see The Voyage Home. Do you think that Brian will like his first original series cast St...

Episode 359: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 You know what they say, "better late than never" well I think that applies to our review for the fourth season of Star Trek Lower Decks. Brian and David discuss yet another fantastic season of Lower Decks. We only had one episode this season we didn't super care for. Can you guess which one it was? We hope to have a more timely review for Lower Decks sea...